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Occupational Therapist for Specialist Psychiatric Clinic in Trollhättan
VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONENVästra Götalands län, Trollhättan
Previous experience is desired
18 days left
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NU Hospital Group is part of the Region of Västra Götaland and is one of Sweden's larger county hospitals. We are located at NÄL (Norra Älvsborg County Hospital) in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Hospital. The hospital's catchment area covers 280,000 inhabitants. Together, we are approximately 5,000 employees who work every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare. We are located on the west coast and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forest, and lakes.
About the Department
The clinic is located in central Trollhättan, where you will be offered an exciting and challenging assignment. You will be part of our work group of 18 people. The work group consists of doctors, medical secretaries, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, and social workers.
We have close cooperation with two other psychiatric clinics located in the same building, NP-LARO (which includes the Mobile Team) and the Psychosis-Bipolar Clinic. Together, we are a large work group with different focuses under the same roof, and we have a good work community. We view competence supply as mutually beneficial, as we believe the desire to contribute to the development of the activity increases when one feels inspired in their daily work.
Description
Our clinic is the base of the specialist psychiatric activity, where the goal is to offer good care based on science and proven experience, both in assessment and investigation as well as treatment and rehabilitation. The target group is people who need psychiatric specialist care for, for example, more severe anxiety disorders, serious depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, complex trauma, or serious personality disorders.
About the Position
As an occupational therapist with us, you contribute to seeing the patient from a holistic perspective by highlighting issues regarding activity capacity and function.
You will, among other things, work with:
- Complementing medical treatment with assessment and investigation regarding activity and functional capacity.
- Individual support.
- Collaboration with care neighbors and other authorities regarding the team's patients.
- Pedagogical group treatments.
Qualifications
Licensed Occupational Therapist. Education in conversation methods, such as CBT, is meritorious.
For the assignment, you must also have good communicative skills both orally and in writing, be able to work independently and in a group, be flexible, patient-focused, act professionally, and have a good attitude towards patients and colleagues.
We place great emphasis on personal suitability and assume that you appreciate collaborating in a team, where everyone's competencies can be utilized. This is so that we together can achieve the best possible treatment results.
We place great emphasis on personal qualities, flexibility, social competence, and a positive mindset.
Other
The position is a permanent employment. Interviews will be held continuously during the application period.
When appointing a position within psychiatry, we always request extracts from the suspicion and criminal records register. This request is handled by the employer.
Welcome with your application!
The position may be placed in a security class. This means that security clearance and register control may be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Security Protection Act before employment.
About the Region of Västra Götaland
With us, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives every day throughout Västra Götaland.
You contribute to secure and equal care as well as a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life.
We are in the midst of a digital development where you get to help shape future working methods to improve and simplify everyday life for citizens and activities.
As a permanent employee, you are mobilized as part of our shared responsibility for ensuring that socially important functions work even in a crisis.
Want to know more about us? On our website, you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference every day and develop in their professions. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/ (https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/)
Application
The Region of Västra Götaland prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you, as an applicant, have questions about the advertised position or for special and specific reasons cannot register your details in a public system - contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.
To staffing, mediation, and recruitment companies and to you who are a seller:
We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, mediation, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of further job advertisements. The Region of Västra Götaland has procured agreements.
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